The Russian team missed the victory over Nigeria, missing in the 94th minute
The Russians missed after the first strike of the opponent in the 10th minute, then went ahead 3-1, but could not hold the victory
Footballers of the Russian national team drew with the Nigerian team with a score of 3: 3 in a friendly match, which was held in Nizhny Novgorod.
As part of the hosts, goals were scored by Lechi Sadulayev (30th minute), Matvey Kislyak (45+2) and Alexei Miranchuk (54). Guests scored Kelechi Iheanacho (10), Peter Edocpolor (78) and Akor Adams (90+4).
The game was attended by 40,126 spectators.
Previously, the national teams of Russia and Nigeria met once – on June 6, 2025 in Luzhniki (1: 1). For Nizhny Novgorod, the match with Nigeria was the second in history for the Russian national team. On June 11, 2019, the national team held the Euro 2020 qualifying match against Cyprus (1: 0) at the Nizhny Novgorod Stadium.
Russia has been banned from FIFA and UEFA tournaments since 2022. Since then, Valery Karpin's team has only played friendly matches.
In the current autumn pause, the Russian team on September 29 beat Iran (2: 0) in Kazan and Namibia (6: 0) in Yekaterinburg.
